Currency issues

The problem with DCIst is that Invariably I've already made plans by the time I find out about something interesting happening in the District.

Possible solutions:

1. Paralyze my schedule such that nothing is planned and everything becomes "spontaneous" (downside: yeah, that never works, I wind up watching too many re-runs of old movies).
2. find some way of shortening my planning horizion to 12 -24 hours (This doesn't work with Cycling with friends, or with biking into work, or any of a number of events that require more than 12 hours of planning).

The issue is (obviously) I'm missing information. Someone (perhaps the DCist) is telling folks about events ahead of time, and I'm just not seeing them.

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